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(disclaimer: non-practicing lawyer here, not yours or theirs, off-the-cuff very hot take)

What part of 'A consumer shall have the right to request...' in the CCPA isn't clear? Nothing about "A fake user may request..." Looking forward to another ballot initiative to further clarify the law!

The secret shopper thing is a big red herring - at least the secret shopper actually buys something, and in real non-academic life is usually hired by the company (or marketing company by extension).

Disappointing to see the lack of judgment from a researcher who's otherwise done great work, and the IRB failure to boot. Good to see some acknowledgement but it feels like "let's build a tool to do the work and hope for good data." Not sure where this could've led other than a name-and-shame conference paper.